Mutagenicity, Genotoxicity and Cytotoxicity Assays of Medicinal Plants: First Step for Drug Development

Over the centuries, medicinal plants have been the basis for the treatment of different diseases, considered as the main therapeutic source for innumerous communities and ethnic groups (Borges et al. 2013). Furthermore, their great chemical diversity offers unlimited opportunities for drug discovery (Sasidharan et al. 2011).